Before last year, the only way you could earn those miles was directly through Aegean by crediting Start Alliance miles to them or shopping through their portal (or using their Greek credit card). But, last year, they partnered with SPG and you can transfer SPG points to them at a 1:1 ratio with the usual 5,000 mile bonus when you transfer 20,000 points.

Also in the last couple of years, they started selling award miles as well. But at a rate of 25€ per 1,000 miles, it is not the best price at all, especially with the current exchange rate to the US dollar. However, today only for Cyber Monday, you can buy Aegean miles and get up to a 40% bonus on them, bringing that per mile price down to 2.12 cents per mile.

Great Deal: Up to a 40% Bonus for These Star Alliance Miles

Yes, that is more expensive than what other airlines charge with their buy mile promos but there are a couple of reasons you may want to do this.

From 1,000 – 2,000 | 20% bonus

From 3,000 – 10,000 | 25% bonus

From 11,000 – 20,000 | 30% bonus

From 21,000 – 50,000 | 40% bonus

Miles cost 25€ per thousand (before the bonus)

Cheap Award Redemptions

My favorite Aegean award that I have redeemed for many times is business class between the US and Europe for just 45,000 miles (or first class for 60,000 miles). That means you could buy enough miles with this promo to fly on Lufthansa First Class for $1,282 one way (plus taxes and fees). That is not bad at all for what you get! Of course, I am not saying that everyone should do that, especially since Lufthansa only releases their first class space to partners 2 weeks before the flight. But it does show you what is possible!

If you wanted to go the business class route, you could fly something like Turkish for just $955 one way. While it is possible to purchase Turkish business class tickets from certain European cities to the US for a little more than that, this gives you more flexibility.

Great Way to Top Up

With the ability to earn 20% bonus miles with even the purchase of 1,000 miles, this is a great way to top up your account at a cheaper price. You can purchase up to 50,000 miles per year (not counting the bonus) so you could buy any amount from 1,000 miles up to 50,000 miles.

Save Your SPG Points

If you would normally transfer SPG points, this allows you to save those points for a different redemption option as opposed to transferring to Aegean. Right now, SPG is the only transfer partner of Aegean so being able to accrue more Aegean miles while saving SPG points can be a great deal.

Earn Bonus Miles

Since Aegean sells the miles directly, you should be able to earn bonus miles or points from a card that gives bonus points for airline travel. That means you could get even more value – especially since most airlines and hotels sell through Points.com

Have questions about booking with Aegean? Let me know!

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About the author

Charlie

Charlie has been an avid traveler and runner for many years. He has run in marathons around the world for less than it would cost to travel to the next town - all as a result of collecting and using miles and points. Over the years, he has flown hundreds of thousands of miles and collected millions of miles and points.
Now he uses this experience and knowledge to help others through Running with Miles.

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